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EDVARD H. GRIN, OF EAST RADFORD, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLONEGA CAREER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 675,62 6, dated June 4,1901.

Application filed December 27, 1900. Serial No. 41,283. (No model.)

To @ZZ whoml may Concern: point at its outer end and has its inner endBeit known that I, EDWARD H. GRIM, a citireduced laterally, the innerside of the inner zen of the United States, residing at East Radendbeing beveled or inclined outwardly, as ford, in the county ofMontgomery and State indicated at 5, so as to fit snugly within a 55 5of Virginia, have invented a new and useful corresponding socket orrecess 6, formed at Pick, of which the following is a specification. theinner side of the eye portion of the oppo- This invention relates topicks, and is parsite member 2. The inner end of the memticularlydesigned to provide an improved ber 1 abuts againt the shoulder 7,formed by pick for the use of miners and to have the the end wall of thesocket or recess 6, thereby 6o ro points of the pick-head removable, sothat interlocking the members against longitudithey may be individuallysharpened or renal play in one direction. Between the bcvplaced whenbroken or damaged. It is also eled inner end of the member 1 and theopdesigned to provide for removing the handle posite shoulder 8, formedby the reduced porfroin one pi cli-head and applying the same tion ofthe member, the inner side of the latter 65 15 handle to another headand to provide for an has a concaved recess 9, which curveslongiinterchange of different shapes of points in a tudinally of themember, and the other memsingle pick, and finally to insure a rigidconber has a corresponding concaved recess 10, nection between thehandle andthe pick-head whereby the eye 3 is formed when the two and toprevent looseness of the removable members are brought together. 7o zopoints or members of the pick. The inner end portion of the member 2 isWith these and other objects in view the provided in its outer side witha transverse present invention consists in the combination notch 11,which forms an inner terminal hook and arrangement of parts, as will beherein- 12, having an outer transversely-rounded aftermorefullydescribed,shown in the accomside. A segmental lug or projection 13is 75 25 panying drawings, and particularly pointed formed upon theouter rounded side of the out in the appended claims, it being underhookand is located substantially midway bestood that changes in the form,proportion, tween the opposite ends of thehook. This size, and minordetails may be made within hook is designed to take into a correspondthescope of the claims without departing from ing recess or socket 13,formed at the inner 8o 3o the spirit or sacriiicing any of theadvantages side of the shoulder S of the member 1, and of the invention.forming a hook 14, which also takes into the In the drawings, Figure 1is a perspective notch or recess 11 of the member 2, While the view of apick constructed in accordance with projection or lug 13 lits within acorrespondthe present invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are deing groove orrecess 15, formed in the inner 85 3 5 tail perspective views of theopposite removwall of the socket 13 and continued into the able pointsor members of the pick-head. socket 9, so as to facilitate the entranceof the Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view lug into thegroove. The latter interlocking taken through the pick-head andtransversely parts prevent longitudinal play of the memof the handle.Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional bers in a direction opposite to that ofthe for- 9o 4o view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4: with the merinterlocked parts.

handle in place. From the foregoing description it will be Likecharacters of reference designate corunderstood that the opposite picksections 0r responding parts in all of the figures of the members areassembled. by first applying the drawings. member 2 to the member 1 inan inclined po- 95 45 Referring tothe drawings,1 and 2 designate,sition, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4 respectively, theopposite points or members of the drawings, so as to engage the hooks 12of the present pick-head, which have their inand 111, after which themembers are closed or ner ends overlapped and recessed upon their swunginwardly in opposite directions upon overlapped inner sides, so as tojointly form the connection formed by the interengaged roo 5o the eye 3for the reception of the usual hanhooks asacenter,whereby theluglS isentered dle d. Each member or section tapers to a into the grooveorrecess 15 and thebeveledinpassage of the fastening, and its outer endisl countersunk, so that the head of the fastening may lie Within orflush with the adjacent outer side of the pick-head, whereby the latteris free from projections.

It will be understood that the handle is in-l serted into the eye beforethe fastening 16 is applied, and by tightening the latter the membersare tightly gripped upon the handle. To remove the handle, it is merelynecessary to loosen the fastening 16, and by reason of the smoothopening 18 the members may be slightly separated upon their hingedconnection, thereby releasing the handle. Also the handle may bereplaced by a reverse'adjustment of the parts. By this arrangement asingle handle may be applied to several different kinds of pick-headsformed for different kinds of work, and the handle may be convenientlyremoved when it is desired to sharpen or repair the pick.

It will be observed that the joints of the pick members lie at oppositesides of the handle or the eye for the reception of the handle, one ofthe joints permitting of the members being swung laterallyin oppositedirections and in the same plane, while the opposite joint has adetachable or adjustable fastening, whereby the handle may beconveniently removed and replaced without entirely separating the pickmembers.

Upon examination of Fig. 5 it will be seen that the middle of. the eyeportion of each member is bulged or convexed transversely, asindicatedat 18, whereby the greatest thickness of the eye portion is at themiddle there` of, and the opposite sides of the head end of the handleare also, concaved longitudinally to correspond to the bulge of the pickmembers, and thereby secure a snug and rigid fit therefor. Thepick-handle is somewhat reduced in thickness by having its oppositesides concaved and flares outwardly in opposite directions from themiddles of the concaved portions, thereby forming an enlarged headportion at the extremity of the handle to prevent Y outward displacementof the pickhead and van annular shoulder at the inner side of thepick-head to prevent displacement of the latter inwardly along thehandle.

l. An implement of the character described, comprising opposite cuttingmembers, which have their inner end portions overlapped and providedwith corresponding transverse recesses forming a handle-receiving eye,the outer ends of the respective members being end of the said othermember and the adjacent portion of the one member.

3. An implement of the character described, comprising opposite cuttingmembers having their inner ends overlapped and provided withcorresponding inner recesses forming a handle-receiving eye, the innerend of one member and the adjacent portion of the other member havinginterengaged hooks forming a separable connection at oneside of the eye,and a detachable fastening at the opposite side of the eye. Y

4L. An implement of the character described, comprising opposite cuttingmembers, having their inner end portions reduced and overlapped, andalso provided with corresponding inner recesses forming ahandle-receiving eye, the outer side of the inner end of one memberhaving a transverse socket forming an inner terminal hook, and theshoulder formed at the inner end of the reduced portion of the othermember having a corresponding recess forming a hook, the two hooks beinginterengaged and forming a separable connection for the members, and adetachable fastening for the members at the opposite side of the eye.-

5. An implement of the character described, comprising opposite cuttingmembers, having their inner ends overlapped and provided with innercorresponding recesses forming a handle-receiving eye, the inner end ofone of the members having a hook, provided with an intermediate lug orprojection upon its outer side, and the adjacent portion of the othermember having a recess for the reception of the hook, said recess havinga groove or notch in its wall for the reception of the lug orprojection, and a detachable fastening for the members at the oppositeside of the eye.

6. An implement of the character described, comprisinga handle, having aterminally-enlarged head, and a shoulder located inwardly from the same,and acutting-head formed in overlapped detachably-connected sections,

the overlapped portions of which embraceh the handle between theterminally-enlarged head portion and the shoulder thereof.

7. An implement of the character described, comprising a handle, havingits head portion concaved longitudially at opposite sides,

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9. A pick-head, comprising opposite seetions or members, having theirinner end portions overlapped and detachably connected, the inner sidesof the overlapped portions being correspondingly concaved longitudinallyto form an elliptical eye, and also bnlged or convexed transversely.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of tWo witnesses.

EDVARD II. GRIM.

l/Vitnesses:

R. I-I. PAYNE, F. HARVEY.

